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Herbert Hoover: It is true that these economic things are not the objective of life itself.

On the recordApril 30, 1930
It is true that these economic things are not the objective of life itself.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

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